American Bar Association: high plea bargain rate hurts criminal justice system integrity

In any given year, 98% of criminal cases in the federal courts end with a plea bargain, a new report finds.

"Trials have become rare legal artifacts in most U.S. jurisdictions, and even nonexistent in others," the ABA Plea Bargain Task Force wrote. https://t.co/wE3Ijq6JQb

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